The PGA Tour has a heart after all. Erik Compton, who received his second heart transplant four months ago, leaned this week that the tour has approved his request to use a cart during his upcoming Q-School rounds. Compton, who has played on the Nationwide Tour, had his first heart transplant when he was 12 years old. Last October, he suffered a heat attack and doctors told him his survival depended on him receiving another heart. He received his second transplant in May and sought permission from the tour to use a cart for this fall’s Q-School. The tour also approved his use of beta blockers, a banned substance, because they are part of his medical prescriptions. The tour’s approval for Compton is a marked change from the stance it took when Casey Martin, whose diseased leg prevented him from walking the course, had to sue sued the PGA Tour under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Martin played on the Nike Tour and won a tournament in 1998. He earned his tour card in 2000 but did not retain it. The Supreme Court ruled in his favor in 2001. Best of luck to Erik Compton.
Hitting range balls while wondering whatever happened to Ed Furgol.
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